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The Moon on Monday, January 17, 1966: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1966Waning Crescent

Monday 17 January 1966394,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 17, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
394,383 km245,058 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1966 is on Friday, January 7, 1966 at 05:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Monday, January 17, 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.