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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1962: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 24, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 October 1962405,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
405,182 km251,768 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.