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The Moon on Friday, December 11, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on December 11, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 December 1970379,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
379,845 km236,024 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 5, 197020:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 12, 197021:03

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Friday, December 11, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 1970 to the new moon of December 28, 1970, a cycle of 29.56 days.