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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 December 1964360,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
360,601 km224,067 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 4, 1964 at 01:18 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 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.