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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1964: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 6, 1964Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 May 1964384,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
384,976 km239,213 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1964 is on Sunday, April 26, 1964 at 17:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 4, 196422:20
New Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 196421:02

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 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.