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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1965: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 1965Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 May 1965370,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
370,013 km229,915 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1965 is on Saturday, May 15, 1965 at 11:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 30, 1965 at 21:13 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 23, 196514:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 196521:13

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.