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The Moon on Wednesday, August 31, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 31, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 August 1960367,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 31, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
367,467 km228,333 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Wednesday, August 31, 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.