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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1966: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

First Quarter at

19:00UTC

Moon phase on July 24, 1966First Quarter

Sunday 24 July 1966373,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1966, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
373,406 km232,024 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 18, 196604:30
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 1, 196609:05

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.