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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1966: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 15, 1966Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 January 1966386,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
386,071 km239,893 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.