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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 1962Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 April 1962389,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
389,587 km242,078 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 20, 196200:33
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 27, 196212:59

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 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.