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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on June 22, 1963Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 June 1963370,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
370,161 km230,007 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 21, 196311:46
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 28, 196320:24

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1963 to the new moon of July 20, 1963, a cycle of 29.37 days.