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The Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on July 3, 1966Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 July 1966395,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 3, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
395,849 km245,969 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 2, 196619:36
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 10, 196621:43

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Sunday, July 3, 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.