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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1966: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 1966Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 July 1966393,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
393,333 km244,405 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 10, 196621:43
New Moon (after)Monday, July 18, 196604:30

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.