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The Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 1962Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 March 1962404,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 22, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
404,093 km251,092 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 21, 196207:56
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 29, 196204:11

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Thursday, March 22, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1962 to the new moon of April 4, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.