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The Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 1960Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 September 1960383,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 8, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
383,110 km238,054 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 5, 196011:19
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 12, 196022:19

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Thursday, September 8, 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.