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The Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on December 30, 1969Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 30 December 1969398,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 30, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
398,967 km247,907 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1969 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Tuesday, December 30, 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.