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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on July 31, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 July 1963400,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
400,339 km248,759 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 28, 196313:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 5, 196309:31

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1963 to the new moon of August 19, 1963, a cycle of 29.45 days.