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The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on May 5, 1966Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 May 1966374,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
374,861 km232,928 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 4, 196621:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 12, 196611:19

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 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.