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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 1963Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 January 1963369,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
369,572 km229,641 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1963 is on Friday, February 8, 1963 at 14:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 25, 196313:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 1, 196308:50

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1963 to the new moon of February 24, 1963, a cycle of 29.52 days.