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The Moon on Sunday, April 21, 1963: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 21, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 April 1963361,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 21, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,840 km224,837 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 17, 196302:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 196320:29

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Sunday, April 21, 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.