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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on April 24, 1963Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 April 1963357,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
357,484 km222,130 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 23, 196320:29
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 30, 196315:08

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1963 to the new moon of May 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.31 days.