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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1965Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 August 1965365,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
365,393 km227,044 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 2, 196519:28

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1965 to the new moon of September 25, 1965, a cycle of 29.35 days.