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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on September 2, 1966Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 September 1966405,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
405,539 km251,990 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 14, 1966 at 19:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 31, 196600:14
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, September 8, 196602:07

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 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.