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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 1963365,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,001 km226,801 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 23, 196319:54
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 30, 196311:04

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 1963 to the new moon of January 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.78 days.