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The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on October 6, 1964Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 October 1964389,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
389,968 km242,315 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 5, 196416:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 13, 196416:57

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1964 to the new moon of November 4, 1964, a cycle of 29.62 days.