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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 May 1962401,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
401,367 km249,398 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 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.