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The Moon on Monday, April 30, 1962: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on April 30, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 30 April 1962364,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 30, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,419 km226,440 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Monday, April 30, 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.