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The Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 2, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 January 1960374,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
374,301 km232,580 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 29, 1959 at 19:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 29, 195919:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 5, 196018:53

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Saturday, January 2, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1959 to the new moon of January 28, 1960, a cycle of 29.46 days.