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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 1, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 April 1966364,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
364,810 km226,682 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 22, 1966 at 04:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 29, 196620:43
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 5, 196611:13

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1966 to the new moon of April 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.66 days.