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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1964: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 1964Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 January 1964402,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
402,375 km250,024 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1964 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.