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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1965Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 December 1965365,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
365,253 km226,958 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 10 days later.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.