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The Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1962: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 1, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 February 1962374,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 1, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
374,346 km232,608 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37
New Moon (after)Monday, February 5, 196200:10

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Thursday, February 1, 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.