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The Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on July 21, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 July 1962365,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 21, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
365,857 km227,333 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Saturday, July 21, 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.