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The Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1966: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1966Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 October 1966361,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 11, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,169 km224,420 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Tuesday, October 11, 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.