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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1965Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 August 1965391,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
391,956 km243,550 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 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.