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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 4, 1963Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 October 1963360,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
360,034 km223,715 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 3, 196304:44
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 9, 196319:27

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 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.