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The Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on September 30, 1962Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 September 1962405,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 30, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
405,916 km252,225 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 28, 196219:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 6, 196219:54

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Sunday, September 30, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1962 to the new moon of October 28, 1962, a cycle of 29.73 days.