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The Moon on Monday, October 12, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 1964Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 October 1964404,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 12, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
404,373 km251,265 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Monday, October 12, 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.