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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 1965Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 September 1965377,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
377,594 km234,626 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1965 is on Friday, September 10, 1965 at 23:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 25, 1965 at 03:18 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.