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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 29, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 October 1960374,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
374,731 km232,847 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.