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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on September 2, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 September 1960364,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
364,334 km226,387 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 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.