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The Moon on Monday, July 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on July 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 July 1962374,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
374,558 km232,739 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Monday, July 16, 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.