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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on May 29, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 May 1966370,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
370,683 km230,332 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 27, 196608:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 3, 196607:40

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 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.