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The Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1965Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 May 1965367,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 4, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
367,111 km228,112 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 1, 196511:56
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 8, 196506:20

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Tuesday, May 4, 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.