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The Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on November 23, 1960Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 November 1960366,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
366,545 km227,760 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 18, 1960 at 23:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 18, 196023:46
First Quarter (after)Friday, November 25, 196015:42

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Wednesday, November 23, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 1960 to the new moon of December 18, 1960, a cycle of 29.46 days.