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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 6, 1965Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 January 1965401,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
401,561 km249,518 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1965 is on Sunday, January 17, 1965 at 13:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 2, 196521:07
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 10, 196521:00

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 1965 to the new moon of February 1, 1965, a cycle of 29.81 days.