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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 December 1969405,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
405,503 km251,968 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 23, 196917:35
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 31, 196922:52

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 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.