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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on June 17, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 June 1962383,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
383,223 km238,124 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.