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The Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 28, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 August 1963399,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
399,801 km248,425 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 27, 196306:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 3, 196319:34

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Wednesday, August 28, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 1963 to the new moon of September 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.55 days.