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The Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1967: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on August 5, 1967Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 August 1967375,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 5, 1967, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
375,834 km233,533 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 29, 196712:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 6, 196702:48

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Saturday, August 5, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 7, 1967 to the new moon of August 6, 1967, a cycle of 29.41 days.