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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 August 1964404,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,540 km251,370 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 15, 196403:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 23, 196405:25

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 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.