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The Moon on Thursday, April 21, 1960: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on April 21, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 April 1960381,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 21, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
381,285 km236,919 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 18, 196012:57
New Moon (after)Monday, April 25, 196021:44

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Thursday, April 21, 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.