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The Moon on Friday, December 30, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 30, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 December 1960401,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 30, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
401,269 km249,337 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Friday, December 30, 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.