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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 1960: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 1960Waning Crescent

Friday 16 December 1960366,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
366,228 km227,563 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 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.