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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1966: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Last Quarter at

12:56UTC

Moon phase on August 9, 1966Last Quarter

Tuesday 9 August 1966393,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
393,826 km244,712 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 1, 196609:05
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 9, 196612:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 16, 196611:48

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 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.