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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on March 1, 1963Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 March 1963369,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
369,738 km229,745 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 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.