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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 9, 1967Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 August 1967366,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
366,765 km227,897 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1967 is on Sunday, August 20, 1967 at 02:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 6, 1967 at 02:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 6, 196702:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 12, 196720:44

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1967 to the new moon of September 4, 1967, a cycle of 29.37 days.