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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1965: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 16, 1965Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 December 1965376,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
376,561 km233,984 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 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.