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The Moon on Monday, April 1, 1963: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

03:15UTC

Moon phase on April 1, 1963First Quarter

Monday 1 April 1963382,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 1, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
382,423 km237,627 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 25, 196312:10
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 1, 196303:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 9, 196300:57

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Monday, April 1, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1963 to the new moon of April 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.35 days.