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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 August 1966359,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,531 km223,402 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 16, 196611:48
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 23, 196603:02

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1966 to the new moon of September 14, 1966, a cycle of 29.31 days.