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The Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1960: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on September 15, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 September 1960404,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,232 km251,178 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Thursday, September 15, 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.