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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1964: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

First Quarter at

13:24UTC

Moon phase on February 20, 1964First Quarter

Thursday 20 February 1964370,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 1964, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
370,294 km230,090 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 13, 1964 at 13:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 13, 196413:01
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 20, 196413:24
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 27, 196412:39

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.