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The Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on July 3, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 July 1960376,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
376,053 km233,669 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 2, 196003:48
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 8, 196019:37

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Sunday, July 3, 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.