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The Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on December 28, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 December 1960395,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
395,172 km245,549 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Wednesday, December 28, 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.