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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 May 1962404,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
404,567 km251,386 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 11, 196212:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 19, 196214:32

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.