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The Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on October 5, 1960Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 October 1960381,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 5, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
381,333 km236,949 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 20, 1960 at 23:13 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 4, 196022:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 12, 196017:25

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Wednesday, October 5, 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.