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Moon phases December 1961

New moon
Thu 07 Dec
23:52 UTC
First quarter
Thu 14 Dec
20:06 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 22 Dec
00:42 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 30 Dec
03:57 UTC

In December 1961 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Thursday, December 7 at 23:52 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, December 14 at 20:06 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, December 22 at 00:42 UTC and the Last Quarter on Saturday, December 30 at 03:57 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 02 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 03 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 04 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 05 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 06 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 07New New Moon, 0% lit 0%23:52 08 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 09 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 10 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 11 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 12 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 13 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 14First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%20:06 15 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%00:42 23 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 25 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 26 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 27 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 28 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 29 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 30Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%03:57 31 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37%

Exact phase times

December 1961 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 7, the First Quarter on December 14, the Full Moon on December 22 and the Last Quarter on December 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonThursday, December 7, 196123:52
First QuarterThursday, December 14, 196120:06
Full MoonFriday, December 22, 196100:42
Last QuarterSaturday, December 30, 196103:57

Friday, December 22, 1961: Cold Moon, 390,888 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1961

Thirteen full moons, three blue

01 Jan Wolf Micromoon 31 Jan Blue Blue moon 02 Mar Worm partial eclipse 01 Apr Pink 30 Apr Blue Blue moon 30 May Flower 28 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 27 Jul Buck Supermoon 26 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 24 Sept Harvest Supermoon 23 Oct Hunter’s 22 Nov Beaver Blue moon 22 Dec Cold