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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 1963Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 April 1963394,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
394,737 km245,278 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.