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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on March 8, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 March 1963396,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
396,306 km246,253 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 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.