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The Moon on Friday, September 16, 1960: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 1960Waning Crescent

Friday 16 September 1960402,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
402,776 km250,273 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Friday, September 16, 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.