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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1964: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1964Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 December 1964388,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
388,136 km241,177 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1964 is on Saturday, December 19, 1964 at 02:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 25, 196419:27
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 2, 196521:07

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.