A new Moon Question of the Day appears every day of the year on the Moon page of Almanac.com. Below is the answer to one of the questions from our Questions and Answers Archive.
I'm not old enough to remember the Moon landings. I'd like to know what phase the Moon was in on July 20, 1969.
It was in the waxing phase, six days old. (The new Moon was on the 14th.)

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