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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on July 15, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 July 1962379,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
379,403 km235,750 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 9, 196223:39
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 17, 196211:41

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 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.