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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1969Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 December 1969406,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
406,042 km252,303 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.