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The Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 28, 1965Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 December 1965404,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 28, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
404,922 km251,607 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1965 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Tuesday, December 28, 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.