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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on February 20, 1962Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 February 1962406,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
406,231 km252,420 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 19, 196213:18
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 27, 196215:50

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 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.