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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 1966Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 October 1966396,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
396,871 km246,604 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 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.