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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on June 5, 1966Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 June 1966392,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
392,138 km243,663 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 3, 196607:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 11, 196604:58

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.