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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on October 15, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 October 1964397,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
397,284 km246,861 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 13, 196416:57
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 21, 196404:45

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 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.