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The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1963: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

First Quarter at

20:24UTC

Moon phase on June 28, 1963First Quarter

Friday 28 June 1963400,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
400,176 km248,658 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 21, 196311:46
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 28, 196320:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 6, 196321:56

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1963 to the new moon of July 20, 1963, a cycle of 29.37 days.