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The Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 1962: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on November 21, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 November 1962404,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 21, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,763 km251,508 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1962 is on Sunday, November 11, 1962 at 22:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 06:30 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 19, 196202:09
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 27, 196206:30

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Wednesday, November 21, 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.