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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1962: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1962Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 May 1962367,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
367,749 km228,509 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 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.