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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 August 1960388,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
388,480 km241,390 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.