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The Moon on Monday, January 3, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 3, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 3 January 1966378,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 3, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
378,043 km234,905 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Monday, January 3, 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.