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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on June 24, 1966Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 June 1966368,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
368,737 km229,123 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 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.