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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1963: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on June 17, 1963Waning Crescent

Monday 17 June 1963365,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,068 km226,843 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1963 is on Friday, June 7, 1963 at 08:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.