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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on January 15, 1963Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 January 1963402,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
402,263 km249,954 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 9, 196323:08
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 17, 196320:34

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1962 to the new moon of January 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.61 days.