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The Moon on Monday, April 4, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 4, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 April 1966361,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 4, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
361,430 km224,582 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Monday, April 4, 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.