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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 August 1966377,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
377,275 km234,427 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.