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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on April 21, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 April 1966392,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
392,366 km243,805 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 20, 196620:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 28, 196603:49

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1966 to the new moon of May 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.55 days.