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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 April 1964384,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
384,606 km238,983 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 12, 1964 at 12:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 19, 196404:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 26, 196417:50

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.