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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1963: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on August 18, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 August 1963383,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
383,520 km238,308 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.