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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1960: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

First Quarter at

19:22UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 1960First Quarter

Monday 29 August 1960373,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1960, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
373,518 km232,093 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 22, 196009:15
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 29, 196019:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 5, 196011:19

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.