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The Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1960: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on February 21, 1960Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 February 1960368,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 21, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.1% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
368,518 km228,986 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Sunday, February 21, 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.