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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1963: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 1963Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 December 1963405,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
405,951 km252,246 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1963 is on Saturday, November 30, 1963 at 23:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.