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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1964: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on October 28, 1964Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 October 1964374,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
374,330 km232,598 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1964 is on Wednesday, October 21, 1964 at 04:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 4, 1964 at 07:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 27, 196421:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 4, 196407:16

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 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.