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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on December 29, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 December 1968402,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
402,111 km249,860 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 26, 196814:15
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 3, 196918:28

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 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.