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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on December 20, 1968Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 December 1968357,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
357,674 km222,248 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 19, 196818:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 26, 196814:15

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1968 to the new moon of January 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.44 days.