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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1966: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1966Waning Crescent

Monday 18 April 1966401,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
401,594 km249,539 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 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.