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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1966: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 10, 1966Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 August 1966388,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
388,437 km241,363 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 9, 196612:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 16, 196611:48

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.