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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 May 1965383,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
383,035 km238,007 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 1, 1965 at 11:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 8, 196506:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 15, 196511:52

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 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.