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The Moon on Friday, July 1, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 1, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 July 1960387,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 1, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
387,572 km240,826 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Friday, July 1, 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.