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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on April 21, 1965Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 April 1965402,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
402,676 km250,211 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1965 is on Thursday, April 15, 1965 at 23:02 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.