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The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 7, 1966Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 May 1966384,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
384,541 km238,943 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.