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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 15, 1960Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 May 1960365,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
365,945 km227,388 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 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.