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The Moon on Monday, April 4, 1960: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

First Quarter at

07:05UTC

Moon phase on April 4, 1960First Quarter

Monday 4 April 1960402,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 4, 1960, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
402,917 km250,361 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 27, 196007:37
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 4, 196007:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 11, 196020:27

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Monday, April 4, 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.