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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on October 26, 1965Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 October 1965384,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
384,675 km239,026 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1965 is on Tuesday, November 9, 1965 at 04:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 24, 196514:11
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 1, 196508:26

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1965 to the new moon of November 23, 1965, a cycle of 29.58 days.