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The Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1960: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 August 1960404,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
404,205 km251,161 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1960 is on Sunday, August 7, 1960 at 02:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Tuesday, August 16, 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.