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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1963Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 January 1963403,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.8% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
403,960 km251,009 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 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.