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The Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 7, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 April 1963404,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 7, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
404,160 km251,133 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Sunday, April 7, 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.