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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1963: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

First Quarter at

00:39UTC

Moon phase on September 26, 1963First Quarter

Thursday 26 September 1963396,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 1963, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
396,253 km246,220 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 17, 196320:51
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 26, 196300:39
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 3, 196304:44

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1963 to the new moon of October 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.66 days.