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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1965: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on December 20, 1965Waning Crescent

Monday 20 December 1965390,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
390,461 km242,621 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1965 is on Wednesday, December 8, 1965 at 17:21 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 2 days later.

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.