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The Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1962Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 January 1962405,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 24, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,693 km252,086 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 20, 196218:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Wednesday, January 24, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.