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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 22, 1968Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 December 1968365,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
365,055 km226,835 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 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.