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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1964Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 July 1964390,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
390,193 km242,455 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 9, 1964 at 11:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 9, 196411:31
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 16, 196411:47

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1964 to the new moon of August 7, 1964, a cycle of 29.32 days.