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The Moon on Thursday, October 25, 1962: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 25, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 October 1962406,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 25, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
406,162 km252,377 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1962 is on Saturday, October 13, 1962 at 12:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Thursday, October 25, 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.