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The Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 11, 1968Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 December 1968393,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 11, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
393,354 km244,419 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Wednesday, December 11, 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.