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The Moon on Monday, December 19, 1966: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

First Quarter at

21:41UTC

Moon phase on December 19, 1966First Quarter

Monday 19 December 1966404,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 19, 1966, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
404,156 km251,131 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 12, 196603:13
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 19, 196621:41
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 27, 196617:43

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Monday, December 19, 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.