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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on July 20, 1962Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 July 1962365,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
365,206 km226,929 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.