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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 1966Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 July 1966366,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
366,799 km227,918 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1966 is on Saturday, July 2, 1966 at 19:36 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 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.