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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1963: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

First Quarter at

15:08UTC

Moon phase on April 30, 1963First Quarter

Tuesday 30 April 1963387,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
387,149 km240,563 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 23, 196320:29
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 30, 196315:08
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 8, 196317:23

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1963 to the new moon of May 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.31 days.