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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on July 27, 1960Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 July 1960395,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
395,062 km245,480 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.