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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 2, 1966Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 October 1966399,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
399,914 km248,495 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 29, 196616:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 7, 196613:08

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 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.