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The Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 2, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 July 1963403,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 2, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
403,829 km250,927 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 28, 196320:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 6, 196321:56

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Tuesday, July 2, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1963 to the new moon of July 20, 1963, a cycle of 29.37 days.