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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1963: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on January 18, 1963Waning Crescent

Friday 18 January 1963403,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
403,520 km250,736 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 17, 196320:34
New Moon (after)Friday, January 25, 196313:42

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.