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The Moon on Friday, September 7, 1962: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

First Quarter at

06:45UTC

Moon phase on September 7, 1962First Quarter

Friday 7 September 1962390,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 7, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
390,447 km242,613 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 30, 196203:09
First Quarter (this day)Friday, September 7, 196206:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 14, 196204:11

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Friday, September 7, 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.