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The Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 1, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 January 1966390,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 1, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
390,248 km242,489 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 31, 196501:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 7, 196605:16

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Saturday, January 1, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1965 to the new moon of January 21, 1966, a cycle of 29.78 days.