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The Moon on Monday, August 5, 1963: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Full Moon at

09:31UTC

Moon phase on August 5, 1963Full Moon

Monday 5 August 1963380,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 5, 1963, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
380,099 km236,182 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 380,503 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 28, 196313:13
Full Moon (this day)Monday, August 5, 196309:31
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 12, 196306:21

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Monday, August 5, 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.