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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on April 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Friday 22 April 1960384,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
384,691 km239,036 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.