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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 July 1964405,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,264 km251,819 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 9, 1964 at 11:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 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.