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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1962: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 28, 1962Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 April 1962370,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
370,258 km230,068 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 27, 196212:59
New Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 196204:25

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.