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The Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 30, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 April 1960405,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 30, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
405,296 km251,839 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Saturday, April 30, 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.