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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on August 24, 1963Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 August 1963403,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
403,529 km250,741 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 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.