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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 1965Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 July 1965365,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,894 km227,356 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 28, 1965 at 11:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 28, 196511:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 4, 196505:47

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1965 to the new moon of August 26, 1965, a cycle of 29.30 days.