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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1963: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 29, 1963Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 December 1963360,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
360,386 km223,933 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1963 is on Monday, December 30, 1963 at 11:04 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 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.