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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1965Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 August 1965387,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
387,509 km240,787 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 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.