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The Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 5, 1965Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 May 1965367,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 5, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
367,063 km228,082 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Wednesday, May 5, 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.