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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 October 1965403,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
403,107 km250,479 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 25, 1965 at 03:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 2, 196512:37
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 10, 196514:14

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1965 to the new moon of October 24, 1965, a cycle of 29.45 days.