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The Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1963: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 March 1963376,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 21, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
376,719 km234,082 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 18, 196312:08
New Moon (after)Monday, March 25, 196312:10

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Thursday, March 21, 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.