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The Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1960: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 13, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 December 1960384,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 13, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
384,044 km238,634 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Tuesday, December 13, 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.