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The Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 1965Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 August 1965383,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 3, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
383,490 km238,289 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 28, 1965 at 11:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Tuesday, August 3, 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.