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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on July 5, 1966Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 July 1966401,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
401,638 km249,566 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 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.