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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on July 12, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 July 1963373,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
373,666 km232,185 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 6, 196321:56
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 14, 196301:57

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 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.