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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1963: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 June 1963367,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
367,774 km228,524 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1963 is on Friday, June 7, 1963 at 08:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 14, 196320:53
New Moon (after)Friday, June 21, 196311:46

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 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.