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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on December 30, 1965Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 December 1965399,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
399,823 km248,438 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1965 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.