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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on October 17, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 October 1964387,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
387,640 km240,869 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 5, 1964 at 16:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 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.