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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 1963Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 December 1963382,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
382,924 km237,938 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 16, 196302:06
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 23, 196319:54

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 1963 to the new moon of January 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.78 days.