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The Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1967: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 6, 1967Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 May 1967406,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 6, 1967, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
406,019 km252,289 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1967 is on Monday, April 24, 1967 at 12:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 1, 196710:33
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 9, 196714:56

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Saturday, May 6, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1967 to the new moon of May 9, 1967, a cycle of 29.69 days.