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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 October 1960372,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.4% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
372,607 km231,527 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 27, 196007:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 3, 196011:58

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.