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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1963: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 14, 1963Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 August 1963372,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
372,538 km231,484 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 12, 196306:21
New Moon (after)Monday, August 19, 196307:35

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.