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The Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1963: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Last Quarter at

02:53UTC

Moon phase on April 17, 1963Last Quarter

Wednesday 17 April 1963384,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 17, 1963, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
384,228 km238,748 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 9, 196300:57
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 17, 196302:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 196320:29

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Wednesday, April 17, 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.