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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 August 1964402,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
402,401 km250,040 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.