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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1962: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

New Moon at

12:24UTC

Moon phase on July 31, 1962New Moon

Tuesday 31 July 1962396,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 1962, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
396,244 km246,214 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1962 is on Tuesday, July 17, 1962 at 11:41 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 24, 196204:18
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 31, 196212:24
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 8, 196215:55

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 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.