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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1965: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Last Quarter at

09:52UTC

Moon phase on December 15, 1965Last Quarter

Wednesday 15 December 1965373,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1965, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
373,115 km231,843 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 8, 196517:21
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 15, 196509:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 22, 196521:03

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 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.