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The Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1960: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 1960Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 July 1960398,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 17, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
398,811 km247,809 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Sunday, July 17, 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.