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The Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on October 7, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 October 1962380,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 7, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
380,058 km236,157 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 6, 196219:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 13, 196212:33

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Sunday, October 7, 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.