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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 1960: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 15 August 1960401,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
401,897 km249,727 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 14, 196005:37
New Moon (after)Monday, August 22, 196009:15

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 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.