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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 23, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 May 1964401,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
401,288 km249,349 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 18, 196412:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 26, 196409:29

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 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.