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The Moon on Friday, August 17, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 17, 1962Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 August 1962360,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 17, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
360,401 km223,943 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 15, 196220:09
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 22, 196210:26

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Friday, August 17, 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.