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The Moon on Sunday, May 26, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 1963Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 May 1963373,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 26, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
373,929 km232,349 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1963 is on Friday, June 7, 1963 at 08:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 196304:00
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 30, 196304:55

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Sunday, May 26, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1963 to the new moon of June 21, 1963, a cycle of 29.32 days.