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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 July 1966389,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
389,967 km242,314 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 24, 196619:00
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 1, 196609:05

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 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.