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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 2, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 October 1960371,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
371,617 km230,912 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 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.