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The Moon on Monday, December 12, 1960: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 12 December 1960390,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 12, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
390,004 km242,337 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 11, 196009:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 18, 196010:47

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Monday, December 12, 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.