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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 1962Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 February 1962405,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
405,317 km251,853 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 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.