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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1963: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 1963Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 February 1963367,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
367,000 km228,043 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 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.