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The Moon on Saturday, February 29, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on February 29, 1964Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 February 1964390,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 29, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
390,231 km242,478 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 27, 196412:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 6, 196410:00

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Saturday, February 29, 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.