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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1962: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Last Quarter at

08:47UTC

Moon phase on October 20, 1962Last Quarter

Saturday 20 October 1962391,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1962, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
391,290 km243,136 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 13, 196212:33
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 20, 196208:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 28, 196213:05

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 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.