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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1963: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1963Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 July 1963368,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
368,037 km228,687 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 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.