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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 1964Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 February 1964375,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
375,650 km233,418 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 13, 1964 at 13:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 13, 196413:01
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 20, 196413:24

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1964 to the new moon of March 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.55 days.