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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1963Waning Gibbous

Saturday 11 May 1963400,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
400,270 km248,716 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1963 is on Wednesday, May 8, 1963 at 17:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 23, 1963 at 04:00 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 8, 196317:23
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 16, 196313:36

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 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.