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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1962: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Last Quarter at

12:59UTC

Moon phase on April 27, 1962Last Quarter

Friday 27 April 1962374,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1962, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
374,038 km232,416 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 20, 196200:33
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, April 27, 196212:59
New Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 196204:25

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 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.