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The Moon on Monday, December 1, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on December 1, 1969Waning Gibbous

Monday 1 December 1969401,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 1, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
401,639 km249,567 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1969 is on Sunday, November 23, 1969 at 23:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 23, 196923:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 2, 196903:51

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Monday, December 1, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 1969 to the new moon of December 9, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.