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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on August 20, 1963Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 August 1963391,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
391,248 km243,110 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 19, 196307:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 27, 196306:54

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 1963 to the new moon of September 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.55 days.