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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 1963Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 April 1963389,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
389,821 km242,223 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 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.