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The Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 1, 1964Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 February 1964387,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 1, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
387,928 km241,047 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1964 is on Tuesday, January 28, 1964 at 23:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 13, 1964 at 13:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 28, 196423:23
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 5, 196412:42

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Saturday, February 1, 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.