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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1965: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

New Moon at

11:56UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 1965New Moon

Saturday 1 May 1965373,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1965, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
373,705 km232,210 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 23, 196521:07
New Moon (this day)Saturday, May 1, 196511:56
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 8, 196506:20

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1965 to the new moon of May 30, 1965, a cycle of 29.39 days.