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The Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on April 9, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 April 1960381,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
381,448 km237,020 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 27, 1960 at 07:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Saturday, April 9, 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.