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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1964Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 April 1964372,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
372,072 km231,195 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 12, 1964 at 12:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.