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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on June 23, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 June 1966367,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,333 km228,250 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.