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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on June 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 June 1966366,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
366,723 km227,871 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 18, 196620:09
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 25, 196613:23

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1966 to the new moon of July 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.35 days.