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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 February 1962397,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
397,346 km246,899 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 11, 196215:43
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 19, 196213:18

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 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.