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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1964Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 May 1964375,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
375,127 km233,093 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 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.