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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1962: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on July 28, 1962Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 July 1962386,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
386,118 km239,923 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 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.