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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1966: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Full Moon at

17:43UTC

Moon phase on December 27, 1966Full Moon

Tuesday 27 December 1966379,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1966, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
379,123 km235,576 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 378,180 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 10, 1967 at 18:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 19, 196621:41
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, December 27, 196617:43
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 3, 196714:19

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.