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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on December 25, 1968Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 December 1968383,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
383,194 km238,106 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 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.