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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on December 15, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 December 1966392,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
392,554 km243,922 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 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.