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The Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on September 3, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 September 1960364,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
364,483 km226,479 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 22, 1960 at 09:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Saturday, September 3, 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.