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The Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 1963Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 December 1963400,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 17, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
400,724 km248,998 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 16, 196302:06
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 23, 196319:54

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Tuesday, December 17, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 1963 to the new moon of January 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.78 days.