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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1965: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

First Quarter at

05:47UTC

Moon phase on August 4, 1965First Quarter

Wednesday 4 August 1965389,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1965, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.8% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
389,198 km241,836 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 28, 1965 at 11:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 28, 196511:45
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 4, 196505:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 12, 196508:22

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 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.