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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1967: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on December 21, 1967Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 December 1967384,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 1967, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
384,158 km238,705 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1967 is on Saturday, December 16, 1967 at 23:22 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 31, 1967 at 03:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 16, 196723:22
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 24, 196710:48

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 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.