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The Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on August 2, 1962Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 August 1962401,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 2, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
401,840 km249,692 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Thursday, August 2, 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.