A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, January 9, 1963,[1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.0184.

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's penumbra.

Occurring about 5.6 days after perigee (on January 4, 1963, at 8:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

[3] The eclipse was completely visible over northeastern North America, Europe, Africa, and the western half of Asia, seen rising over North and South America and setting over east and southeast Asia and western Australia.

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events.