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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1963: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1963Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 October 1963399,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
399,398 km248,174 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.