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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1964Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 August 1964369,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
369,026 km229,302 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 7, 196419:17
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 15, 196403:19

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1964 to the new moon of September 6, 1964, a cycle of 29.39 days.