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The Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on January 21, 1964Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 January 1964374,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 21, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
374,309 km232,585 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1964 is on Tuesday, January 28, 1964 at 23:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Tuesday, January 21, 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.