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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1966: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

New Moon at

10:49UTC

Moon phase on February 20, 1966New Moon

Sunday 20 February 1966406,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1966, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
406,563 km252,627 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 12, 196608:53
New Moon (this day)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 196610:15

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.