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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1964: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 1964Waning Crescent

Monday 3 August 1964365,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
365,940 km227,384 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 1, 196403:29
New Moon (after)Friday, August 7, 196419:17

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 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.