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The Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1960: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on July 19, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 July 1960404,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
404,517 km251,355 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Tuesday, July 19, 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.