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The Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1963: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 11, 1963Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 December 1963404,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 11, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
404,699 km251,468 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1963 is on Saturday, November 30, 1963 at 23:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 7, 196321:34
New Moon (after)Monday, December 16, 196302:06

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Wednesday, December 11, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1963 to the new moon of December 16, 1963, a cycle of 29.80 days.