Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°
Moon age
1.0days
Moon phase on October 21, 1960Waxing Crescent
On Friday, October 21, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
373,418 km232,031 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, October 20, 1960 | 12:02 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, October 27, 1960 | 07:34 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Friday, October 21, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1960 to the new moon of November 18, 1960, a cycle of 29.49 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1960, or the whole moon calendar 1960.
- The same date one year apart: 1959 · 1961.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.