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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 March 1963404,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,447 km251,312 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 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.