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The Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1969: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Full Moon at

17:35UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 1969Full Moon

Tuesday 23 December 1969402,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 23, 1969, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
402,489 km250,095 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 402,953 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 at 09:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 16, 196901:09
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, December 23, 196917:35
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 31, 196922:52

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Tuesday, December 23, 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.