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The Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1966: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 13, 1966Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 August 1966370,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 13, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
370,266 km230,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Saturday, August 13, 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.