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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1963: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 February 1963398,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
398,148 km247,398 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1963 is on Friday, February 8, 1963 at 14:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 16, 196317:39
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 24, 196302:06

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.