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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on December 10, 1969Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 December 1969360,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
360,980 km224,303 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 9, 196909:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 16, 196901:09

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1969 to the new moon of January 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.45 days.