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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on December 28, 1962Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 December 1962380,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
380,854 km236,652 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1962 is on Wednesday, January 9, 1963 at 23:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 26, 1962 at 22:59 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 26, 196222:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 3, 196301:02

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1962 to the new moon of January 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.61 days.