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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on April 17, 1960Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 April 1960369,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
369,007 km229,290 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 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.