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The Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 30, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 January 1960374,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 30, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
374,275 km232,564 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 196006:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 4, 196014:26

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Saturday, January 30, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1960 to the new moon of February 26, 1960, a cycle of 29.51 days.