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The Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 9, 1966Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 April 1966383,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 9, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
383,300 km238,171 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Saturday, April 9, 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.