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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 14, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 December 1969369,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.1% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
369,250 km229,441 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.