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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1965: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 1965Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 October 1965372,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
372,548 km231,490 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1965 is on Sunday, October 10, 1965 at 14:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.