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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on September 22, 1960Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 September 1960382,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
382,563 km237,714 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 1960 to the new moon of October 20, 1960, a cycle of 29.53 days.