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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 24, 1960Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 July 1960403,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
403,338 km250,623 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 31, 196012:39

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 1960 to the new moon of August 22, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.