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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1962: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

New Moon at

19:39UTC

Moon phase on September 28, 1962New Moon

Friday 28 September 1962406,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1962, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
406,550 km252,618 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 20, 196219:36
New Moon (this day)Friday, September 28, 196219:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 6, 196219:54

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 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.