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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1968: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Full Moon at

23:07UTC

Moon phase on December 4, 1968Full Moon

Wednesday 4 December 1968406,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 1968, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
406,105 km252,342 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 406,367 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 20, 1968 at 08:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 26, 196823:30
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, December 4, 196823:07
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 13, 196800:50

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1968 to the new moon of December 19, 1968, a cycle of 29.43 days.