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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1960: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

First Quarter at

01:13UTC

Moon phase on September 28, 1960First Quarter

Wednesday 28 September 1960369,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 1960, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,758 km229,757 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 20, 196023:13
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 28, 196001:13
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 4, 196022:16

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 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.