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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on December 29, 1965Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 December 1965402,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
402,978 km250,399 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1965 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.