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The Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 February 1960402,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
402,388 km250,032 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 4, 196014:26
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 12, 196017:24

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Tuesday, February 9, 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.