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The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1966: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on June 15, 1966Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 June 1966389,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
389,065 km241,754 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 11, 196604:58
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 18, 196620:09

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 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.