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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1964Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 January 1964387,213 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
387,213 km240,603 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1964 is on Tuesday, January 28, 1964 at 23:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 14, 196420:44
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 22, 196405:29

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1964 to the new moon of February 13, 1964, a cycle of 29.68 days.