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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1963: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 May 1963364,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
364,624 km226,567 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 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.