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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 March 1962399,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
399,588 km248,292 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.