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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1963: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Last Quarter at

06:21UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 1963Last Quarter

Monday 12 August 1963369,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1963, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
369,980 km229,895 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 5, 196309:31
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, August 12, 196306:21
New Moon (after)Monday, August 19, 196307:35

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.