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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 July 1963396,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
396,181 km246,175 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1963 is on Saturday, July 6, 1963 at 21:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 21, 1963 at 11:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.