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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 1964: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1964Waning Crescent

Monday 31 August 1964368,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
368,992 km229,281 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 6, 1964 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 30, 196409:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 6, 196404:34

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 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.