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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 1960Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 August 1960370,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
370,685 km230,333 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 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.