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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1966: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on February 18, 1966Waning Crescent

Friday 18 February 1966406,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,072 km252,321 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 12, 196608:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 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.