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The Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1965: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

First Quarter at

19:28UTC

Moon phase on September 2, 1965First Quarter

Thursday 2 September 1965393,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 2, 1965, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
393,844 km244,723 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 26, 1965 at 18:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 26, 196518:51
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 2, 196519:28
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 10, 196523:32

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Thursday, September 2, 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.