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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on January 23, 1966Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 January 1966406,455 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
406,455 km252,559 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.