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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on July 6, 1962Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 July 1962402,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
402,034 km249,812 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.