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The Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on October 8, 1963Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 October 1963370,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 8, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
370,458 km230,192 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1963 is on Thursday, October 3, 1963 at 04:44 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Tuesday, October 8, 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.