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The Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on July 24, 1963Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 July 1963392,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 24, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
392,549 km243,918 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Wednesday, July 24, 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.