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The Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 6, 1964Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 December 1964406,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 6, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
406,305 km252,466 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 4, 1964 at 01:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 4, 196401:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 12, 196406:01

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Sunday, December 6, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1964 to the new moon of January 2, 1965, a cycle of 29.83 days.