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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 1960: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Last Quarter at

22:19UTC

Moon phase on September 12, 1960Last Quarter

Monday 12 September 1960401,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
401,427 km249,435 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 5, 196011:19
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, September 12, 196022:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 20, 196023:13

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 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.