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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 1966387,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
387,871 km241,012 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 23, 196603:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 31, 196600:14

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.