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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 1962398,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
398,059 km247,342 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 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.