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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on October 9, 1960Waning Gibbous

Sunday 9 October 1960398,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
398,585 km247,669 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 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.