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The Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on December 10, 1968Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 December 1968397,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 10, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
397,637 km247,080 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Tuesday, December 10, 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.