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The Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1960Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 February 1960396,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
396,452 km246,344 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Wednesday, February 3, 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.