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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1965: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on December 18, 1965Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 December 1965383,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
383,618 km238,369 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 4 days later.

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.