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The Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1963: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on September 15, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 September 1963388,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 15, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
388,828 km241,607 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 10, 196311:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 17, 196320:51

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Sunday, September 15, 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.