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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 25, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 August 1966392,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
392,495 km243,885 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 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.