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The Moon on Friday, July 1, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 1, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 July 1966388,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 1, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
388,978 km241,700 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Friday, July 1, 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.