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The Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1960: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 1960Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 February 1960370,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 20, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
370,093 km229,965 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 196023:48
New Moon (after)Friday, February 26, 196018:24

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Saturday, February 20, 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.