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The Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1965: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

First Quarter at

05:25UTC

Moon phase on December 1, 1965First Quarter

Wednesday 1 December 1965402,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 1, 1965, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
402,162 km249,892 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 23, 1965 at 04:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 23, 196504:10
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 1, 196505:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 8, 196517:21

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Wednesday, December 1, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 1965 to the new moon of December 22, 1965, a cycle of 29.70 days.