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The Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1962Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 April 1962361,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 5, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
361,004 km224,317 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 4, 196219:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 11, 196219:50

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Thursday, April 5, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1962 to the new moon of May 4, 1962, a cycle of 29.36 days.