What were the 1963 eclipse dates and times?

1963 had 5 eclipses: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 9, 1963 at 6:08:06 PM ET; Annular Solar Eclipse on January 25, 1963 at 8:41:53 AM ET; Partial Lunar Eclipse on July 6, 1963 at 5:55:23 PM ET; Total Solar Eclipse on July 20, 1963 at 4:42:41 PM ET; Total Lunar Eclipse on December 30, 1963 at 6:03:49 AM ET. Every instant lands on the millisecond - Times mark the exact lunation instant of each eclipse.

When were the 1963 solstices and equinoxes?

Spring Equinox: March 21, 1963 at 3:19:39 AM ET; Summer Solstice: June 21, 1963 at 11:03:59 PM ET; Autumn Equinox: September 23, 1963 at 2:23:28 PM ET; Winter Solstice: December 22, 1963 at 9:01:51 AM ET.

When was Mercury retrograde in 1963?

Mercury stationed retrograde 4 times in 1963: January 11, 1963, May 6, 1963, September 6, 1963, December 26, 1963. The exact station instants are on the calendar above.

How many full moons were there in 1963?

1963 had 13 full moons. The first was the Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Cancer on January 9, 1963 at 6:08:06 PM ET.

How accurate are these celestial event times?

Every event is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris (DE441) and resolved to the millisecond. The engine is verified against NASA JPL HORIZONS - The model that flies spacecraft - On the 2026 major events. Almanacs stop at the minute. Starmap does not.

STARMAP | 1963 Astrology Calendar - Every Event to the Second

Across 1963, the sky delivered 13 full moons and 5 eclipses. The eclipses fell: a penumbral lunar eclipse in Cancer on January 9, an annular solar eclipse in Aquarius on January 25, a partial lunar eclipse in Capricorn on July 6, a total solar eclipse in Cancer on July 20, and a total lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 30. Mercury turned retrograde four times (Jan 11 to Jan 31; May 6 to May 30; Sep 6 to Sep 29; Dec 26 onward). The first full moon rose in Cancer on January 9. November saw two full moons, a blue moon. Every full moon, new moon, solar and lunar eclipse, equinox, solstice, planetary ingress, and retrograde station below is computed to the millisecond with the NASA-cross-checked Swiss Ephemeris engine and shown in Eastern Time - Choose your location on the page for your own sky.

January 1963

Jan 01, 1963 - 8:10:07 PM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Jan 02, 1963 - 8:01:35 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Jan 06, 1963 - 12:35:07 PM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Jan 09, 1963 - 6:08:06 PM ET Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Cancer
Jan 11, 1963 - 6:46:40 AM ET Mercury Retrograde
Jan 16, 1963 - 3:52:38 AM ET Ceres Retrograde
Jan 16, 1963 - 11:28:12 AM ET Vesta enters Libra
Jan 17, 1963 - 3:33:59 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Libra
Jan 17, 1963 - 6:27:51 PM ET Juno Retrograde
Jan 19, 1963 - 11:59:26 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Capricorn
Jan 20, 1963 - 1:53:50 PM ET Sun enters Aquarius
Jan 25, 1963 - 8:41:53 AM ET Annular Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Aquarius
Jan 30, 1963 - 8:02:59 AM ET Vesta Retrograde
Jan 31, 1963 - 8:57:37 PM ET Mercury Direct

February 1963

Feb 01, 1963 - 3:49:51 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Taurus
Feb 05, 1963 - 3:35:28 PM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Feb 08, 1963 - 9:51:38 AM ET Full Moon in Leo
Feb 12, 1963 - 5:05:48 AM ET Pallas Direct
Feb 12, 1963 - 9:58:47 PM ET Vesta Rx enters Virgo
Feb 15, 1963 - 5:08:26 AM ET Mercury enters Aquarius
Feb 16, 1963 - 1:04:51 AM ET Neptune Retrograde
Feb 16, 1963 - 12:38:28 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Feb 19, 1963 - 4:08:34 AM ET Sun enters Pisces
Feb 23, 1963 - 9:05:38 PM ET New Moon in Pisces

March 1963

Mar 02, 1963 - 12:16:57 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Gemini
Mar 04, 1963 - 6:41:20 AM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Mar 09, 1963 - 12:26:00 AM ET Mercury enters Pisces
Mar 10, 1963 - 2:48:34 AM ET Full Moon in Virgo
Mar 16, 1963 - 12:21:00 PM ET Mars Direct
Mar 18, 1963 - 7:07:33 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Sagittarius
Mar 21, 1963 - 3:19:39 AM ET Sun enters Aries (Spring Equinox)
Mar 25, 1963 - 7:09:38 AM ET New Moon in Aries
Mar 25, 1963 - 10:52:04 PM ET Mercury enters Aries
Mar 29, 1963 - 7:59:36 PM ET Venus enters Pisces
Mar 31, 1963 - 10:14:35 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Cancer

April 1963

Apr 03, 1963 - 10:19:11 PM ET Jupiter enters Aries
Apr 08, 1963 - 7:56:41 PM ET Full Moon in Libra
Apr 09, 1963 - 5:03:07 PM ET Mercury enters Taurus
Apr 16, 1963 - 9:52:25 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Apr 17, 1963 - 12:58:08 PM ET Ceres Direct
Apr 20, 1963 - 2:36:07 PM ET Sun enters Taurus
Apr 23, 1963 - 3:28:39 PM ET New Moon in Taurus
Apr 23, 1963 - 10:39:21 PM ET Venus enters Aries
Apr 29, 1963 - 3:09:14 PM ET Juno Direct
Apr 29, 1963 - 9:43:31 PM ET Vesta Direct
Apr 30, 1963 - 11:07:32 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Leo

May 1963

May 03, 1963 - 12:17:14 AM ET Mercury enters Gemini
May 06, 1963 - 6:29:31 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
May 07, 1963 - 3:47:53 AM ET Pallas enters Leo
May 08, 1963 - 1:23:09 PM ET Full Moon in Scorpio
May 09, 1963 - 6:16:18 AM ET Uranus Direct
May 10, 1963 - 4:39:04 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Taurus
May 16, 1963 - 9:35:59 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius
May 18, 1963 - 9:20:57 PM ET Venus enters Taurus
May 21, 1963 - 11:50:26 AM ET Pluto Direct
May 21, 1963 - 2:58:06 PM ET Sun enters Gemini
May 22, 1963 - 11:59:46 PM ET New Moon in Gemini
May 30, 1963 - 12:55:14 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Virgo
May 30, 1963 - 2:51:29 PM ET Mercury Direct

June 1963

Jun 03, 1963 - 2:29:47 AM ET Mars enters Virgo
Jun 03, 1963 - 5:38:39 AM ET Saturn Retrograde
Jun 07, 1963 - 4:30:35 AM ET Full Moon in Sagittarius
Jun 12, 1963 - 3:56:36 PM ET Venus enters Gemini
Jun 14, 1963 - 4:53:08 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
Jun 14, 1963 - 7:20:27 PM ET Mercury enters Gemini
Jun 18, 1963 - 6:21:26 AM ET Chiron Retrograde
Jun 21, 1963 - 7:45:43 AM ET New Moon in Gemini
Jun 21, 1963 - 11:03:59 PM ET Sun enters Cancer (Summer Solstice)
Jun 28, 1963 - 4:23:30 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Libra

July 1963

Jul 03, 1963 - 6:03:50 PM ET Vesta enters Libra
Jul 03, 1963 - 10:59:36 PM ET Mercury enters Cancer
Jul 06, 1963 - 5:55:23 PM ET Partial Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Capricorn
Jul 07, 1963 - 7:17:54 AM ET Venus enters Cancer
Jul 12, 1963 - 7:04:39 PM ET Pallas enters Virgo
Jul 13, 1963 - 9:57:03 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Aries
Jul 18, 1963 - 2:18:54 AM ET Mercury enters Leo
Jul 20, 1963 - 4:42:41 PM ET Total Solar Eclipse (New Moon) in Cancer
Jul 23, 1963 - 9:59:11 AM ET Sun enters Leo
Jul 25, 1963 - 3:13:27 PM ET Neptune Direct
Jul 27, 1963 - 12:14:22 AM ET Mars enters Libra
Jul 28, 1963 - 9:12:40 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Jul 29, 1963 - 7:10:58 PM ET Ceres enters Libra
Jul 31, 1963 - 6:38:26 PM ET Venus enters Leo

August 1963

Aug 02, 1963 - 3:21:59 AM ET Juno enters Libra
Aug 03, 1963 - 5:20:13 AM ET Mercury enters Virgo
Aug 05, 1963 - 5:30:49 AM ET Full Moon in Aquarius
Aug 09, 1963 - 11:25:39 AM ET Jupiter Retrograde
Aug 12, 1963 - 2:20:59 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Taurus
Aug 19, 1963 - 3:34:29 AM ET New Moon in Leo
Aug 23, 1963 - 4:57:30 PM ET Sun enters Virgo
Aug 25, 1963 - 1:48:28 AM ET Venus enters Virgo
Aug 26, 1963 - 4:32:57 PM ET Mercury enters Libra
Aug 27, 1963 - 2:53:43 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius

September 1963

Sep 03, 1963 - 3:33:30 PM ET Full Moon in Pisces
Sep 06, 1963 - 7:09:13 PM ET Mercury Retrograde
Sep 09, 1963 - 8:25:17 PM ET Vesta enters Scorpio
Sep 10, 1963 - 7:42:08 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Gemini
Sep 12, 1963 - 5:11:00 AM ET Mars enters Scorpio
Sep 15, 1963 - 2:15:46 PM ET Pallas enters Libra
Sep 16, 1963 - 4:29:22 PM ET Mercury Rx enters Virgo
Sep 17, 1963 - 4:50:42 PM ET New Moon in Virgo
Sep 18, 1963 - 5:42:36 AM ET Venus enters Libra
Sep 23, 1963 - 2:23:28 PM ET Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
Sep 25, 1963 - 8:38:21 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Sep 29, 1963 - 4:03:40 AM ET Mercury Direct

October 1963

Oct 03, 1963 - 12:43:53 AM ET Full Moon in Aries
Oct 09, 1963 - 4:17:43 AM ET Ceres enters Scorpio
Oct 09, 1963 - 3:27:00 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Oct 10, 1963 - 12:43:52 PM ET Mercury enters Libra
Oct 12, 1963 - 7:49:37 AM ET Venus enters Scorpio
Oct 17, 1963 - 8:42:39 AM ET New Moon in Libra
Oct 21, 1963 - 12:22:22 PM ET Saturn Direct
Oct 23, 1963 - 11:28:48 PM ET Sun enters Scorpio
Oct 25, 1963 - 1:20:02 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aquarius
Oct 25, 1963 - 1:31:20 PM ET Mars enters Sagittarius
Oct 28, 1963 - 2:53:53 PM ET Mercury enters Scorpio
Oct 29, 1963 - 12:27:38 AM ET Juno enters Scorpio

November 1963

Nov 01, 1963 - 8:55:09 AM ET Full Moon in Taurus
Nov 05, 1963 - 8:25:00 AM ET Venus enters Sagittarius
Nov 06, 1963 - 3:04:24 PM ET Vesta enters Sagittarius
Nov 08, 1963 - 1:36:35 AM ET Last Quarter Moon in Leo
Nov 16, 1963 - 1:50:16 AM ET New Moon in Scorpio
Nov 16, 1963 - 6:06:55 AM ET Mercury enters Sagittarius
Nov 21, 1963 - 4:33:21 AM ET Pallas enters Scorpio
Nov 21, 1963 - 9:03:29 AM ET Chiron Direct
Nov 22, 1963 - 7:49:20 PM ET Sun enters Sagittarius
Nov 24, 1963 - 2:55:42 AM ET First Quarter Moon in Pisces
Nov 29, 1963 - 10:21:01 AM ET Venus enters Capricorn
Nov 30, 1963 - 6:54:00 PM ET Full Moon in Gemini

December 1963

Dec 05, 1963 - 4:03:01 AM ET Mars enters Capricorn
Dec 05, 1963 - 5:10:25 AM ET Jupiter Direct
Dec 06, 1963 - 12:16:55 AM ET Mercury enters Capricorn
Dec 07, 1963 - 4:33:52 PM ET Last Quarter Moon in Virgo
Dec 15, 1963 - 9:06:15 PM ET New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 16, 1963 - 12:11:33 AM ET Uranus Retrograde
Dec 17, 1963 - 2:08:03 AM ET Pluto Retrograde
Dec 17, 1963 - 8:11:42 AM ET Ceres enters Sagittarius
Dec 22, 1963 - 9:01:51 AM ET Sun enters Capricorn (Winter Solstice)
Dec 23, 1963 - 1:53:01 PM ET Venus enters Aquarius
Dec 23, 1963 - 2:54:21 PM ET First Quarter Moon in Aries
Dec 26, 1963 - 4:39:54 AM ET Mercury Retrograde
Dec 30, 1963 - 6:03:49 AM ET Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) in Cancer

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