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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1966: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Last Quarter at

06:22UTC

Moon phase on December 5, 1966Last Quarter

Monday 5 December 1966370,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
370,435 km230,178 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1966 is on Monday, November 28, 1966 at 02:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 28, 196602:41
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, December 5, 196606:22
New Moon (after)Monday, December 12, 196603:13

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 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.