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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1960: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

First Quarter at

12:39UTC

Moon phase on July 31, 1960First Quarter

Sunday 31 July 1960377,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1960, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
377,356 km234,478 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 23, 196018:31
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 31, 196012:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 7, 196002:41

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.