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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1960: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on April 23, 1960Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 April 1960388,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
388,115 km241,164 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.