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The Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on March 28, 1962Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 March 1962383,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
383,245 km238,137 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Wednesday, March 28, 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.