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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 27, 1965Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 December 1965405,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
405,688 km252,083 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1965 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.