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The Moon on Saturday, December 3, 1960: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Full Moon at

04:25UTC

Moon phase on December 3, 1960Full Moon

Saturday 3 December 1960400,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 3, 1960, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
400,551 km248,891 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 399,746 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 18, 1960 at 23:46 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 25, 196015:42
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, December 3, 196004:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 11, 196009:38

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Saturday, December 3, 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.