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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1966: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1966Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 August 1966365,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
365,049 km226,831 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1966 is on Monday, August 1, 1966 at 09:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.