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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 1966: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 12, 1966Waning Crescent

Monday 12 September 1966361,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,542 km224,652 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 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.