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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 22, 1960Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 October 1960370,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
370,849 km230,435 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 20, 196012:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 27, 196007:34

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 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.