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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1960: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on April 24, 1960Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 April 1960391,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
391,519 km243,279 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1960 is on Monday, April 11, 1960 at 20:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.