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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 October 1966400,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
400,975 km249,154 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 21, 196605:35
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 29, 196610:00

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 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.