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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1963: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Full Moon at

23:08UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 1963Full Moon

Wednesday 9 January 1963378,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 1963, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
378,950 km235,468 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 380,704 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1963 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 3, 196301:02
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 9, 196323:08
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 17, 196320:34

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 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.