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The Moon on Wednesday, March 27, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on March 27, 1963Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 March 1963359,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 27, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,391 km223,315 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 25, 196312:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 1, 196303:15

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Wednesday, March 27, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1963 to the new moon of April 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.35 days.