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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1963: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on April 18, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 April 1963378,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
378,221 km235,015 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 17, 196302:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 196320:29

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 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.