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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 5, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 April 1963399,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
399,511 km248,245 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 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.