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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 May 1966401,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
401,731 km249,624 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 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.