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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 July 1966403,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
403,630 km250,804 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 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.