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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 July 1964399,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.0% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
399,461 km248,213 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 9, 1964 at 11:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 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.