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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1966: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 1966Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 October 1966359,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
359,019 km223,084 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1966 is on Thursday, September 29, 1966 at 16:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.