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The Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1966: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Last Quarter at

02:07UTC

Moon phase on September 8, 1966Last Quarter

Thursday 8 September 1966383,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 8, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
383,646 km238,387 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1966 is on Wednesday, August 31, 1966 at 00:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 14, 1966 at 19:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 31, 196600:14
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 8, 196602:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 14, 196619:13

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Thursday, September 8, 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.