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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 1964: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

New Moon at

16:20UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 1964New Moon

Monday 5 October 1964386,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 1964, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
386,119 km239,923 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1964 is on Monday, September 21, 1964 at 17:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 28, 196415:01
New Moon (this day)Monday, October 5, 196416:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 13, 196416:57

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 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.