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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1963: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Full Moon at

04:44UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 1963Full Moon

Thursday 3 October 1963361,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 1963, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
361,119 km224,389 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 361,785 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 26, 196300:39
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, October 3, 196304:44
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 9, 196319:27

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 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.