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The Moon on Monday, July 9, 1962: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

First Quarter at

23:39UTC

Moon phase on July 9, 1962First Quarter

Monday 9 July 1962403,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 9, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
403,784 km250,900 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 1, 196223:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, July 9, 196223:39
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 17, 196211:41

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Monday, July 9, 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.