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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1965Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 August 1965382,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
382,503 km237,676 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 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.