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The Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1962: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 23, 1962Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 September 1962395,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
395,949 km246,031 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Sunday, September 23, 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.