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The Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on December 1, 1962Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 December 1962383,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 1, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
383,075 km238,032 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1962 is on Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at 09:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 06:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 27, 196206:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 4, 196216:48

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Saturday, December 1, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 1962 to the new moon of December 26, 1962, a cycle of 29.69 days.