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The Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on September 7, 1966Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 September 1966389,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 7, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
389,263 km241,877 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 14, 1966 at 19:13 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Wednesday, September 7, 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.