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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 1963Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 March 1963405,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
405,055 km251,689 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 10, 196307:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 18, 196312:08

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1963 to the new moon of March 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.42 days.