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The Moon on Monday, May 27, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 27, 1963Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 May 1963380,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 27, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.5% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
380,052 km236,153 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1963 is on Friday, June 7, 1963 at 08:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Monday, May 27, 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.