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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1963: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on October 10, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 October 1963379,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
379,973 km236,104 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 9, 196319:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 17, 196312:43

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.