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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on April 29, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 April 1966368,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
368,273 km228,834 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 28, 196603:49
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 4, 196621:01

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.