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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1963: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

First Quarter at

13:13UTC

Moon phase on July 28, 1963First Quarter

Sunday 28 July 1963404,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,046 km251,062 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 20, 196320:43
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 28, 196313:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 5, 196309:31

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1963 to the new moon of August 19, 1963, a cycle of 29.45 days.