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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1960: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 1960401,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
401,450 km249,450 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.