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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 1963Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 February 1963363,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
363,725 km226,008 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 24, 196302:06
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 2, 196317:17

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1963 to the new moon of March 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.42 days.