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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 1963: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Last Quarter at

12:08UTC

Moon phase on March 18, 1963Last Quarter

Monday 18 March 1963394,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 1963, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
394,358 km245,042 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 10, 196307:49
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, March 18, 196312:08
New Moon (after)Monday, March 25, 196312:10

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 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.