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The Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 December 1966388,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 25, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
388,015 km241,101 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Sunday, December 25, 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.