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The Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1962: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 29, 1962Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 April 1962366,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 29, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
366,950 km228,012 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Sunday, April 29, 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.