A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, December 30, 1963,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.3350.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.

Occurring about 1.5 days after perigee (on December 29, 1963, at 0:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 124, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 39 at 101 minutes, 27 seconds on August 30, 1765.