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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 1962Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 October 1962367,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
367,169 km228,148 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 13, 196212:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 20, 196208:47

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 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.