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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 24, 1965Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 December 1965402,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
402,214 km249,924 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1965 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 22, 196521:03
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 31, 196501:46

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1965 to the new moon of January 21, 1966, a cycle of 29.78 days.