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The Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 21, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 December 1969397,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 21, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
397,504 km246,998 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Sunday, December 21, 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.