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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 14, 1966Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 1966387,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
387,885 km241,021 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 12, 196603:13
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 19, 196621:41

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1966 to the new moon of January 10, 1967, a cycle of 29.62 days.