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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1964Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 August 1964389,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
389,935 km242,294 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 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.