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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 24, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 October 1966405,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
405,146 km251,746 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.