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The Moon on Monday, October 22, 1962: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 22, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 22 October 1962400,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 22, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
400,264 km248,713 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 20, 196208:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 28, 196213:05

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Monday, October 22, 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.