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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1960: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on September 18, 1960Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 September 1960397,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
397,228 km246,826 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1960 is on Monday, September 5, 1960 at 11:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 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.