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The Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 7, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 May 1963406,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 7, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
406,326 km252,479 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 23, 1963 at 20:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Tuesday, May 7, 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.