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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 1963Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 March 1963398,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
398,811 km247,809 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 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.