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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 1968Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 December 1968388,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
388,274 km241,262 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.