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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1962: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on July 27, 1962Waning Crescent

Friday 27 July 1962382,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
382,651 km237,768 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 196204:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 31, 196212:24

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 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.