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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 October 1963374,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
374,121 km232,468 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1963 is on Friday, November 1, 1963 at 13:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.