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The Moon on Friday, January 14, 1966: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on January 14, 1966Waning Crescent

Friday 14 January 1966381,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 14, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
381,250 km236,898 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 13, 196620:00
New Moon (after)Friday, January 21, 196615:46

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Friday, January 14, 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.