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The Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1960Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 February 1960374,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 18, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
374,526 km232,720 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 12, 196017:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 19, 196023:48

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Thursday, February 18, 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.