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The Moon on Monday, December 19, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on December 19, 1960Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 December 1960358,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 19, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
358,508 km222,766 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 18, 196010:47
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 25, 196002:30

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Monday, December 19, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1960 to the new moon of January 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.