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The Moon on Friday, September 23, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on September 23, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 September 1960379,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
379,380 km235,735 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Friday, September 23, 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.