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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on December 29, 1966Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 December 1966372,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
372,566 km231,502 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1966 is on Tuesday, December 27, 1966 at 17:43 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 10, 1967 at 18:06 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 27, 196617:43
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 3, 196714:19

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.