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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 1, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 August 1963396,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
396,991 km246,679 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 20, 1963 at 20:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.