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The Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 1962Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 April 1962385,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 24, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
385,902 km239,788 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Tuesday, April 24, 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.