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The Moon on Monday, August 8, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1960Waning Gibbous

Monday 8 August 1960365,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 8, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
365,760 km227,273 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 7, 196002:41
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 14, 196005:37

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Monday, August 8, 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.