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The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 7, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 May 1960380,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
380,205 km236,249 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 25, 1960 at 21:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 4, 196001:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 11, 196005:42

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.