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The Moon on Saturday, November 3, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on November 3, 1962Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 November 1962385,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 3, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
385,756 km239,697 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1962 is on Sunday, November 11, 1962 at 22:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 28, 1962 at 13:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 28, 196213:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 5, 196207:15

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Saturday, November 3, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 28, 1962 to the new moon of November 27, 1962, a cycle of 29.73 days.