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The Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1960Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 December 1960359,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 20, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
359,531 km223,402 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Tuesday, December 20, 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.