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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on September 6, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 September 1963365,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
365,019 km226,812 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 3, 196319:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 10, 196311:42

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 1963 to the new moon of September 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.55 days.