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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1960: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Last Quarter at

17:25UTC

Moon phase on October 12, 1960Last Quarter

Wednesday 12 October 1960404,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.3% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
404,274 km251,204 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 4, 196022:16
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 12, 196017:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 20, 196012:02

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.