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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1966Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 October 1966368,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
368,699 km229,099 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 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.