Moon calendar
February 1963
- 1 First qtr
- 2 65%
- 3 75%
- 4 84%
- 5 91%
- 6 96%
- 7 99%
- 8 Full
- 9 99%
- 10 96%
- 11 91%
- 12 85%
- 13 77%
- 14 69%
- 15 60%
- 16 Last qtr
- 17 41%
- 18 31%
- 19 22%
- 20 14%
- 21 7%
- 22 3%
- 23 New
- 24 1%
- 25 4%
- 26 10%
- 27 18%
- 28 28%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in February 1963
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3:50 AM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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4:06 AM
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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6:50 AM
Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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11:13 PM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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9:52 AM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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1:55 PM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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9:53 AM
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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1:15 PM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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12:39 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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10:15 AM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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12:31 AM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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9:25 AM
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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2:03 PM
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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2:06 PM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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9:06 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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11:18 PM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
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7:51 AM
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.