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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 16, 1960Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 May 1960369,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.9% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
369,991 km229,902 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 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.