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The Moon on Friday, February 1, 1963: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

First Quarter at

08:50UTC

Moon phase on February 1, 1963First Quarter

Friday 1 February 1963371,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 1, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
371,369 km230,758 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1963 is on Friday, February 8, 1963 at 14:52 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 25, 1963 at 13:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 25, 196313:42
First Quarter (this day)Friday, February 1, 196308:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 8, 196314:52

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Friday, February 1, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1963 to the new moon of February 24, 1963, a cycle of 29.52 days.