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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1960: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on October 13, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 October 1960403,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
403,684 km250,838 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 12, 196017:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 20, 196012:02

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.