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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1964: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 9, 1964Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 January 1964405,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
405,272 km251,824 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1964 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 6, 196415:58
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 14, 196420:44

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 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.