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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on January 31, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 January 1966379,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
379,630 km235,891 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 29, 196619:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 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.