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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 October 1966392,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
392,333 km243,784 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.