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The Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 3, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 April 1963392,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 3, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
392,189 km243,695 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 1, 196303:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 9, 196300:57

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Wednesday, April 3, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1963 to the new moon of April 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.35 days.