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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on April 5, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 April 1960400,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
400,285 km248,725 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 4, 196007:05
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 11, 196020:27

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 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.