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The Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on April 3, 1960Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 April 1960404,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,298 km251,219 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Sunday, April 3, 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.