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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on April 17, 1965Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 April 1965388,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
388,896 km241,649 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1965 is on Thursday, April 15, 1965 at 23:02 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 15, 196523:02
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 23, 196521:07

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 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.