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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1964: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 6, 1964Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 August 1964363,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
363,620 km225,943 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1964 is on Friday, July 24, 1964 at 15:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 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.