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The Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 1960Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 August 1960394,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
394,548 km245,161 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 22, 196009:15
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 29, 196019:22

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Tuesday, August 23, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1960 to the new moon of September 20, 1960, a cycle of 29.58 days.