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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on August 10, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 August 1962389,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
389,594 km242,082 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 8, 196215:55
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 15, 196220:09

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 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.