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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1966: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Last Quarter at

13:08UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 1966Last Quarter

Friday 7 October 1966379,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
379,198 km235,622 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 29, 196616:47
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, October 7, 196613:08
New Moon (after)Friday, October 14, 196603:52

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.