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The Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 9, 1964Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 December 1964402,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 9, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
402,275 km249,962 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 4, 1964 at 01:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Wednesday, December 9, 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.