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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 April 1962403,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
403,631 km250,805 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 4, 1962 at 19:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 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.