Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 1964Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 May 1964402,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 2, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
402,807 km250,293 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 26, 196417:50
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 4, 196422:20

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Saturday, May 2, 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.