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The Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1964: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 3, 1964Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 October 1964379,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 3, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
379,253 km235,657 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1964 is on Monday, September 21, 1964 at 17:31 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 28, 196415:01
New Moon (after)Monday, October 5, 196416:20

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Saturday, October 3, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 1964 to the new moon of October 5, 1964, a cycle of 29.49 days.