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The Moon on Monday, March 4, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on March 4, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 March 1963381,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 4, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
381,958 km237,337 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 2, 196317:17
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 10, 196307:49

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Monday, March 4, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1963 to the new moon of March 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.42 days.