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The Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on January 4, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 January 1966371,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 4, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
371,989 km231,143 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 1965 at 21:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Tuesday, January 4, 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.