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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1965: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Full Moon at

08:22UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 1965Full Moon

Thursday 12 August 1965405,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1965, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
405,236 km251,802 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 405,399 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 4, 196505:47
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, August 12, 196508:22
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 20, 196503:50

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 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.