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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 19, 1962Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 August 1962363,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
363,926 km226,133 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.