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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 December 1969400,213 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
400,213 km248,681 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.