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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1966: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 8, 1966Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 October 1966373,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
373,977 km232,379 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 7, 196613:08
New Moon (after)Friday, October 14, 196603:52

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 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.