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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1960: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

New Moon at

18:31UTC

Moon phase on July 23, 1960New Moon

Saturday 23 July 1960404,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1960, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
404,992 km251,650 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 15, 196015:43
New Moon (this day)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 31, 196012:39

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.