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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on May 2, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 May 1963397,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
397,114 km246,755 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 30, 196315:08
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 8, 196317:23

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1963 to the new moon of May 23, 1963, a cycle of 29.31 days.