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The Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 1965Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 October 1965373,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 16, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
373,098 km231,832 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Saturday, October 16, 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.