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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1966: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1966Waning Crescent

Friday 15 April 1966405,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
405,235 km251,801 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 12, 196617:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 20, 196620:35

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 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.