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The Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 11, 1966Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 December 1966375,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 11, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
375,027 km233,031 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Sunday, December 11, 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.