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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on July 9, 1960Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 July 1960358,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
358,175 km222,560 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 8, 196019:37
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 15, 196015:43

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.