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The Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on December 24, 1968Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 December 1968376,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 24, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
376,895 km234,192 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Tuesday, December 24, 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.