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The Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 1962: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

First Quarter at

19:50UTC

Moon phase on April 11, 1962First Quarter

Wednesday 11 April 1962393,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 11, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
393,437 km244,470 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 4, 196219:45
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 11, 196219:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 20, 196200:33

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Wednesday, April 11, 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.