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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1965: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1965Waning Crescent

Monday 23 August 1965363,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,200 km225,682 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 20, 196503:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.