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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on December 18, 1966Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 December 1966402,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
402,860 km250,325 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.