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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1963: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

New Moon at

20:43UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1963New Moon

Saturday 20 July 1963374,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1963, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
374,476 km232,688 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 14, 196301:57
New Moon (this day)Saturday, July 20, 196320:43
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 28, 196313:13

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.