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The Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on November 2, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 November 1960386,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
386,519 km240,171 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1960 is on Thursday, November 3, 1960 at 11:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 1960 at 12:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Wednesday, November 2, 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.