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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1960: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on October 19, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 October 1960381,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
381,070 km236,786 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1960 is on Tuesday, October 4, 1960 at 22:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.