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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1962: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Full Moon at

00:33UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1962Full Moon

Friday 20 April 1962399,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1962, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,110 km247,996 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 400,355 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 11, 196219:50
Full Moon (this day)Friday, April 20, 196200:33
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 27, 196212:59

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 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.