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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 1960: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on October 17, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 17 October 1960390,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
390,453 km242,616 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 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.