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The Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 6, 1967Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 December 1967384,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 6, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
384,199 km238,730 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1967 is on Saturday, December 16, 1967 at 23:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 1, 1967 at 16:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 1, 196716:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 8, 196717:57

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Wednesday, December 6, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 1967 to the new moon of December 31, 1967, a cycle of 29.48 days.