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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 21, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 July 1966363,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,324 km225,759 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 18, 196604:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 18, 1966 to the new moon of August 16, 1966, a cycle of 29.30 days.