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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 April 1962405,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,391 km251,898 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 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.