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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on January 3, 1964Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 January 1964381,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
381,931 km237,321 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1964 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 30, 196311:04
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 6, 196415:58

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 1963 to the new moon of January 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.78 days.