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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on July 27, 1963Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 July 1963402,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
402,787 km250,280 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 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.