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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 August 1966404,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
404,353 km251,253 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 16, 1966 at 11:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.