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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 October 1962359,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
359,524 km223,398 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.