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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1966: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Full Moon at

21:01UTC

Moon phase on May 4, 1966Full Moon

Wednesday 4 May 1966371,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1966, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
371,044 km230,556 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 372,367 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 28, 196603:49
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 4, 196621:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 12, 196611:19

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.