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The Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1960: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Last Quarter at

09:38UTC

Moon phase on December 11, 1960Last Quarter

Sunday 11 December 1960395,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 11, 1960, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
395,270 km245,609 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 3, 196004:25
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 11, 196009:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 18, 196010:47

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Sunday, December 11, 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.