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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1962: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 27, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 September 1962405,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
405,864 km252,192 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1962 is on Friday, September 14, 1962 at 04:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.