Waning · 98.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°
Moon age
15.4days
Moon phase on December 31, 1963Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, December 31, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
365,474 km227,095 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, December 30, 1963 | 11:04 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, January 6, 1964 | 15:58 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Tuesday, December 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1963, or the whole moon calendar 1963.
- The same date one year apart: 1962 · 1964.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.