Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on July 23, 1963Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1963387,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
387,819 km240,980 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 20, 196320:43
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 28, 196313:13

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1963 to the new moon of August 19, 1963, a cycle of 29.45 days.