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The Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 September 1962357,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 15, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
357,922 km222,403 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 14, 196204:11
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, September 20, 196219:36

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Saturday, September 15, 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.