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The Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on April 6, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 April 1966366,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
366,962 km228,020 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 5, 196611:13
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 12, 196617:28

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Wednesday, April 6, 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.