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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1960: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Last Quarter at

05:37UTC

Moon phase on August 14, 1960Last Quarter

Sunday 14 August 1960398,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
398,423 km247,569 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 7, 196002:41
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 14, 196005:37
New Moon (after)Monday, August 22, 196009:15

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.