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The Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1966: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on November 6, 1966Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 November 1966371,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
371,575 km230,886 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1966 is on Saturday, October 29, 1966 at 10:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 12, 1966 at 14:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 5, 196622:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 12, 196614:26

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Sunday, November 6, 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.