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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on November 21, 1963Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 November 1963397,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
397,099 km246,746 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1963 is on Saturday, November 30, 1963 at 23:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 16, 1963 at 06:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 16, 196306:51
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 24, 196307:56

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1963 to the new moon of December 16, 1963, a cycle of 29.80 days.