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The Moon on Friday, February 4, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on February 4, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 February 1966358,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 4, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
358,581 km222,812 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Friday, February 4, 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.