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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on April 15, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 April 1960365,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
365,636 km227,196 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 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.