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The Moon on Monday, July 30, 1962: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on July 30, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 30 July 1962392,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 30, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
392,981 km244,187 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Monday, July 30, 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.