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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1963: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 20, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 June 1963363,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
363,917 km226,128 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1963 is on Friday, June 7, 1963 at 08:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 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.