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The Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 13, 1960Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 April 1960366,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 13, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
366,347 km227,638 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 11, 196020:27
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 18, 196012:57

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Wednesday, April 13, 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.