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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on September 28, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 September 1963385,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
385,470 km239,520 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 17, 1963 at 20:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 26, 196300:39
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 3, 196304:44

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1963 to the new moon of October 17, 1963, a cycle of 29.66 days.