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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 29, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 October 1963368,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
368,119 km228,739 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1963 is on Friday, November 1, 1963 at 13:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 12:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.