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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1960: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on October 15, 1960Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 October 1960398,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.8% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
398,841 km247,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 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.