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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1963: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 July 1963369,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
369,186 km229,402 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 14, 196301:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 20, 196320:43

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.