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The Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on May 1, 1960Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 May 1960404,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 1, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
404,920 km251,605 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Sunday, May 1, 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.