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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 1963: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 22, 1963Waning Crescent

Friday 22 March 1963370,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
370,661 km230,318 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.