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The Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1965: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

First Quarter at

08:53UTC

Moon phase on February 9, 1965First Quarter

Tuesday 9 February 1965375,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 9, 1965, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
375,568 km233,367 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 1, 1965 at 16:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 1, 196516:36
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 9, 196508:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 16, 196500:27

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Tuesday, February 9, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.