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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on October 9, 1964Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 October 1964400,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
400,582 km248,910 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.