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The Moon on Friday, April 17, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1964Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 April 1964368,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
368,239 km228,813 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 12, 1964 at 12:37 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 12, 196412:37
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 19, 196404:09

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Friday, April 17, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1964 to the new moon of May 11, 1964, a cycle of 29.35 days.