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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1963: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

New Moon at

20:51UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 1963New Moon

Tuesday 17 September 1963395,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1963, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
395,520 km245,765 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 10, 196311:42
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, September 17, 196320:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 26, 196300:39

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 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.