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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 August 1962361,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
361,449 km224,594 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 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.