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The Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 December 1966402,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
402,828 km250,306 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 19, 196621:41
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 27, 196617:43

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Wednesday, December 21, 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.