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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 5, 1967Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 October 1967358,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
358,806 km222,952 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1967 is on Wednesday, October 18, 1967 at 10:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 3, 1967 at 20:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 3, 196720:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 10, 196712:11

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 1967 to the new moon of November 2, 1967, a cycle of 29.39 days.