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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 10, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 October 1962363,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
363,341 km225,770 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 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.