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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 December 1960398,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
398,528 km247,634 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.