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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 15, 1965Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 August 1965399,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
399,099 km247,989 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 12, 196508:22
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 20, 196503:50

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.