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The Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1966: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 7, 1966Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 December 1966368,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 7, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
368,853 km229,195 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1966 is on Monday, November 28, 1966 at 02:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 5, 196606:22
New Moon (after)Monday, December 12, 196603:13

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Wednesday, December 7, 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.