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The Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 13, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 December 1969365,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
365,444 km227,076 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Saturday, December 13, 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.