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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 December 1969386,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
386,944 km240,436 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.