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The Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on February 7, 1962Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 February 1962360,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 7, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
360,643 km224,093 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 5, 196200:10
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 11, 196215:43

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Wednesday, February 7, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.