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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 16, 1965Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 September 1965381,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
381,523 km237,067 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 25, 1965 at 03:18 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 10, 196523:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 18, 196511:58

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 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.