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The Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 October 1966403,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 23, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,638 km250,809 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Sunday, October 23, 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.