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The Moon on Monday, September 16, 1963: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on September 16, 1963Waning Crescent

Monday 16 September 1963392,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
392,233 km243,722 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Monday, September 16, 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.