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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1968: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 15, 1968Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 December 1968370,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
370,521 km230,231 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1968 is on Wednesday, December 4, 1968 at 23:07 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 13, 196800:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 19, 196818:19

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.