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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on October 3, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Monday 3 October 1960374,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
374,077 km232,440 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 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.