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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 1962Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 April 1962378,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
378,026 km234,894 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.