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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 October 1963380,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
380,461 km236,408 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1963 is on Friday, November 1, 1963 at 13:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 25, 196317:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 196313:55

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1963 to the new moon of November 16, 1963, a cycle of 29.76 days.