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The Moon on Monday, September 23, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on September 23, 1963Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 September 1963404,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 23, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
404,922 km251,607 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Monday, September 23, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1963 to the new moon of October 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.66 days.