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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 9, 1966Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 May 1966394,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
394,476 km245,116 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 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.