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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1963: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 1963Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 March 1963365,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
365,333 km227,007 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.