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The Moon on Friday, June 15, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on June 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 June 1962391,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
391,928 km243,533 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 10, 196206:21
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 18, 196202:02

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Friday, June 15, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1962 to the new moon of July 1, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.