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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1963Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 May 1963397,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
397,225 km246,824 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 8, 196317:23
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 16, 196313:36

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 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.