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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1964: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 2, 1964Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 December 1964401,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
401,151 km249,264 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1964 is on Thursday, November 19, 1964 at 15:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 4, 1964 at 01:18 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 26, 196407:11
New Moon (after)Friday, December 4, 196401:18

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 1964 to the new moon of December 4, 1964, a cycle of 29.75 days.