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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1965: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 24, 1965Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 August 1965360,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,291 km223,874 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1965 is on Thursday, August 12, 1965 at 08:22 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 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.