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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 July 1966399,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
399,623 km248,314 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 18, 1966 at 04:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.