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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on April 8, 1965Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 April 1965370,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
370,178 km230,018 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1965 is on Thursday, April 15, 1965 at 23:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 2, 1965 at 00:21 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 2, 196500:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 9, 196500:40

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1965 to the new moon of May 1, 1965, a cycle of 29.48 days.