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The Moon on Thursday, February 4, 1960: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

First Quarter at

14:26UTC

Moon phase on February 4, 1960First Quarter

Thursday 4 February 1960400,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 4, 1960, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
400,420 km248,810 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 196006:15
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 4, 196014:26
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 12, 196017:24

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Thursday, February 4, 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.