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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 October 1966403,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
403,677 km250,833 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 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.