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The Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 1968Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 December 1968403,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 8, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
403,584 km250,776 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 4, 196823:07
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 13, 196800:50

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Sunday, December 8, 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.