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The Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1963: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on October 12, 1963Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 October 1963388,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
388,995 km241,710 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Saturday, October 12, 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.