Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1960: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Full Moon at

22:16UTC

Moon phase on October 4, 1960Full Moon

Tuesday 4 October 1960377,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 4, 1960, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
377,362 km234,482 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 378,990 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 28, 196001:13
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 4, 196022:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 12, 196017:25

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Tuesday, October 4, 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.