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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1965Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 August 1965370,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
370,478 km230,204 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.