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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 11, 1969Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 December 1969360,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
360,993 km224,310 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 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.