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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1962: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on September 22, 1962Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 September 1962391,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
391,559 km243,303 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 20, 196219:36
New Moon (after)Friday, September 28, 196219:39

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.