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The Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on December 1, 1966Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 December 1966378,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 1, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
378,620 km235,263 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1966 is on Monday, November 28, 1966 at 02:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 28, 196602:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 5, 196606:22

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Thursday, December 1, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 1966 to the new moon of December 12, 1966, a cycle of 29.53 days.