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The Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on July 4, 1962Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 July 1962395,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 4, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
395,975 km246,047 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Wednesday, July 4, 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.