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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 May 1964403,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
403,484 km250,713 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1964 is on Tuesday, May 26, 1964 at 09:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 11, 1964 at 21:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 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.