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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1965: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on October 22, 1965Waning Crescent

Friday 22 October 1965370,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
370,139 km229,993 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 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.