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The Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1962: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 1962Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 April 1962358,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 3, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
358,684 km222,876 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1962 is on Wednesday, March 21, 1962 at 07:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Tuesday, April 3, 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.