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The Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on January 8, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 January 1963375,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 8, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
375,651 km233,419 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Tuesday, January 8, 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.