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The Moon on Friday, January 4, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on January 4, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 January 1963369,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 4, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
369,942 km229,871 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 3, 196301:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 9, 196323:08

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Friday, January 4, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1962 to the new moon of January 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.61 days.