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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 4, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 August 1960361,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
361,080 km224,365 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 23, 1960 at 18:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 31, 196012:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 7, 196002:41

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.