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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 December 1969394,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
394,384 km245,059 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.