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The Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on June 29, 1960Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 June 1960396,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
396,972 km246,667 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 24, 196003:27
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 2, 196003:48

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Wednesday, June 29, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1960 to the new moon of July 23, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.