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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1962: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 August 1962381,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
381,174 km236,851 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 22, 196210:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 30, 196203:09

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.