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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1965: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Last Quarter at

14:40UTC

Moon phase on May 23, 1965Last Quarter

Sunday 23 May 1965400,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 1965, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.2% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
400,495 km248,856 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 15, 196511:52
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 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.