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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 December 1969382,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
382,680 km237,786 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 16, 196901:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 23, 196917:35

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.