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The Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on February 9, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 February 1966367,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 9, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
367,917 km228,613 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 12, 196608:53

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Wednesday, February 9, 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.