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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 28, 1960Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 July 1960391,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
391,256 km243,115 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 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.