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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on September 29, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 September 1960369,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
369,200 km229,410 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.