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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 December 1969405,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
405,769 km252,133 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 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.