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The Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on September 4, 1962Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 September 1962402,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 4, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
402,917 km250,361 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 30, 196203:09
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 7, 196206:45

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Tuesday, September 4, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 1962 to the new moon of September 28, 1962, a cycle of 29.69 days.