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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1964: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

First Quarter at

11:47UTC

Moon phase on July 16, 1964First Quarter

Thursday 16 July 1964395,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 1964, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
395,293 km245,624 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 9, 1964 at 11:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 9, 196411:31
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 16, 196411:47
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 24, 196415:58

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 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.