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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on January 26, 1966Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 January 1966403,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
403,396 km250,659 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.