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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1960: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 23, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 23 May 1960398,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
398,830 km247,821 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.