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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1962: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 August 1962402,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
402,393 km250,036 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.