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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on April 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 April 1966388,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
388,917 km241,662 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.