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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on September 30, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 September 1960369,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
369,250 km229,441 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 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.