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The Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on June 28, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 June 1966378,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 28, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
378,970 km235,481 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 25, 196613:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 2, 196619:36

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Tuesday, June 28, 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.