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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1964Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 December 1964360,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,793 km224,186 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 19, 196402:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 25, 196419:27

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1964 to the new moon of January 2, 1965, a cycle of 29.83 days.