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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on October 15, 1965Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 October 1965375,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
375,381 km233,251 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 10, 196514:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 17, 196519:00

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 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.