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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1963: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on January 24, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 January 1963379,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
379,345 km235,714 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 17, 196320:34
New Moon (after)Friday, January 25, 196313:42

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1962 to the new moon of January 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.61 days.