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The Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on October 26, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 October 1966405,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 26, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
405,024 km251,670 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Wednesday, October 26, 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.