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The Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1963: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on October 13, 1963Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 October 1963392,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 13, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
392,928 km244,154 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Sunday, October 13, 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.