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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 December 1966383,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
383,408 km238,239 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 12, 1966 at 03:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 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.