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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 1966Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 May 1966379,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
379,958 km236,095 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 20, 196609:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 27, 196608:50

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.