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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1962Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 September 1962360,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,380 km223,930 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 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.