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The Moon on Thursday, July 7, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on July 7, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 July 1960358,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 7, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
358,065 km222,491 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Thursday, July 7, 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.