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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 October 1962357,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
357,338 km222,040 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 28, 1962 at 19:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 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.