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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 18, 1963Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 December 1963398,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
398,044 km247,333 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.