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The Moon on Friday, May 6, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on May 6, 1966Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 May 1966379,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
379,474 km235,794 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Friday, May 6, 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.