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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 14, 1960Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 May 1960362,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
362,777 km225,419 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 11, 196005:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 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.