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The Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 1960Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 December 1960405,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 7, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
405,658 km252,064 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Wednesday, December 7, 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.