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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on July 18, 1962Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 July 1962367,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
367,487 km228,346 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 17, 196211:41
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 24, 196204:18

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.