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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1964Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 May 1964358,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,369 km222,680 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 11, 196421:02
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 18, 196412:42

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1964 to the new moon of June 10, 1964, a cycle of 29.31 days.