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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 April 1962405,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,670 km252,071 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 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.