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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1966: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on July 16, 1966Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 July 1966371,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
371,204 km230,656 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.