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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on October 28, 1965Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 October 1965394,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
394,115 km244,892 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1965 is on Tuesday, November 9, 1965 at 04:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 24, 1965 at 14:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.