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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1966: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1966Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 April 1966403,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
403,699 km250,847 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 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.