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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on April 2, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 April 1960404,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
404,391 km251,277 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 27, 196007:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 4, 196007:05

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1960 to the new moon of April 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.59 days.