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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on December 28, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 December 1963360,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
360,392 km223,937 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.