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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 1960Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 December 1960371,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
371,050 km230,560 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 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.