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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 1968: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on December 30, 1968Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 December 1968404,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
404,450 km251,314 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1968 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 19, 1968 at 18:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 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.