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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 24, 1960Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 October 1960368,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
368,563 km229,014 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.