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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on December 4, 1960Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 December 1960402,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
402,809 km250,294 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 3, 196004:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 11, 196009:38

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.