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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 October 1964392,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.0% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
392,782 km244,063 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 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.