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The Moon on Monday, July 2, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on July 2, 1962Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 July 1962388,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 2, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
388,230 km241,235 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 1, 196223:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 9, 196223:39

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Monday, July 2, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1962 to the new moon of July 31, 1962, a cycle of 29.52 days.