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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 1966Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 September 1966364,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
364,344 km226,393 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 14, 1966 at 19:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1966 to the new moon of October 14, 1966, a cycle of 29.36 days.