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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on April 29, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 April 1960404,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
404,614 km251,415 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 25, 196021:44
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 4, 196001:01

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.