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The Moon on Friday, August 30, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on August 30, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 August 1963391,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 30, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
391,202 km243,081 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1963 is on Tuesday, September 3, 1963 at 19:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 19, 1963 at 07:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Friday, August 30, 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.