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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on January 12, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 January 1966371,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
371,172 km230,635 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 7, 196605:16
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 13, 196620:00

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 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.