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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1963: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1963Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 July 1963367,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
367,829 km228,558 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 14, 196301:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 20, 196320:43

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 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.