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The Moon on Sunday, April 1, 1962: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 1962Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 April 1962363,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 1, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,352 km225,776 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 29, 196204:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 4, 196219:45

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Sunday, April 1, 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.