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The Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1969: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on December 4, 1969Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 December 1969387,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 4, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
387,989 km241,085 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1969 is on Sunday, November 23, 1969 at 23:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Thursday, December 4, 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.