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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1965: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Last Quarter at

19:00UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1965Last Quarter

Sunday 17 October 1965371,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1965, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
371,156 km230,625 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 10, 196514:14
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 17, 196519:00
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 24, 196514:11

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 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.