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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1965: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Last Quarter at

03:50UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 1965Last Quarter

Friday 20 August 1965377,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1965, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
377,390 km234,499 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 12, 196508:22
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 20, 196503:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.