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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1960: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on December 14, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 1960377,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
377,771 km234,736 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.