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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 March 1963399,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
399,149 km248,020 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 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.