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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1963: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 March 1963361,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
361,235 km224,461 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 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.