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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1966: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Last Quarter at

17:28UTC

Moon phase on April 12, 1966Last Quarter

Tuesday 12 April 1966398,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.4% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
398,875 km247,849 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 5, 196611:13
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 12, 196617:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 20, 196620:35

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.