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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 April 1963404,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
404,263 km251,197 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 9, 196300:57
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 17, 196302:53

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.