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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 October 1966401,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
401,691 km249,599 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 14, 1966 at 03:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.