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The Moon on Monday, April 8, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on April 8, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 April 1963405,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 8, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
405,525 km251,981 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1963 is on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 at 00:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 25, 1963 at 12:10 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Monday, April 8, 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.