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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on August 9, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 August 1963370,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
370,095 km229,966 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1963 is on Monday, August 5, 1963 at 09:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 5, 196309:31
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 12, 196306:21

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 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.