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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on July 9, 1966Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 1966403,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
403,698 km250,846 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.