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The Moon on Monday, December 23, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on December 23, 1968Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 December 1968370,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 23, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
370,676 km230,328 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Monday, December 23, 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.