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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on December 4, 1966Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 December 1966371,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
371,953 km231,121 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1966 is on Monday, November 28, 1966 at 02:41 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.