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The Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1964: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on April 9, 1964Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 April 1964378,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 9, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
378,724 km235,328 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1964 is on Saturday, March 28, 1964 at 02:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 12, 1964 at 12:37 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 5, 196405:45
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 12, 196412:37

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Thursday, April 9, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1964 to the new moon of April 12, 1964, a cycle of 29.43 days.