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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 1965Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 May 1965404,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
404,532 km251,365 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 196511:52
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.