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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on October 7, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 October 1960390,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
390,333 km242,542 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.