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The Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1963: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 5, 1963Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 December 1963376,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 5, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
376,972 km234,240 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1963 is on Saturday, November 30, 1963 at 23:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 30, 196323:54
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 7, 196321:34

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Thursday, December 5, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1963 to the new moon of December 16, 1963, a cycle of 29.80 days.