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The Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on February 18, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 February 1962404,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
404,492 km251,340 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Sunday, February 18, 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.