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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 December 1960391,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
391,197 km243,079 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 25, 196002:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 1, 196123:06

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.