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The Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on September 8, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 September 1962384,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 8, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
384,593 km238,975 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 30, 1962 at 03:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 7, 196206:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 14, 196204:11

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Saturday, September 8, 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.