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The Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 1962Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 August 1962399,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 1, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
399,249 km248,081 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Wednesday, August 1, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1962 to the new moon of August 30, 1962, a cycle of 29.61 days.