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The Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1960: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on July 16, 1960Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 July 1960394,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
394,457 km245,104 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 15, 196015:43
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Saturday, July 16, 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.