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The Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1969: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on December 3, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 December 1969393,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 3, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
393,452 km244,480 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1969 is on Sunday, November 23, 1969 at 23:54 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 2, 196903:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 9, 196909:42

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Wednesday, December 3, 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.