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The Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1962: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1962Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 August 1962399,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
399,970 km248,530 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Tuesday, August 28, 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.