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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1966: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1966Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 October 1966359,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
359,233 km223,217 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.