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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on January 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 January 1966405,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
405,879 km252,201 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 21, 196615:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 29, 196619:48

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.