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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on January 21, 1965Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 January 1965374,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
374,099 km232,454 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1965 is on Sunday, January 17, 1965 at 13:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 1, 1965 at 16:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 17, 196513:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 24, 196511:07

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 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.