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The Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on August 25, 1963Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 August 1963404,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 25, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
404,457 km251,318 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Sunday, August 25, 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.