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The Moon on Saturday, August 7, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on August 7, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 August 1965401,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 7, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
401,760 km249,642 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 28, 1965 at 11:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 4, 196505:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 12, 196508:22

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Saturday, August 7, 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.