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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 15, 1966Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 October 1966363,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
363,958 km226,153 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 14, 196603:52
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 21, 196605:35

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 1966 to the new moon of November 12, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.