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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 1963: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1963Waning Crescent

Friday 17 May 1963374,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
374,159 km232,492 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 16, 196313:36
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 196304:00

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.