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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 1964Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 December 1964376,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
376,551 km233,978 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 19, 196402:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 25, 196419:27

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.