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The Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 December 1960403,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 31, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
403,418 km250,672 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1960 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Saturday, December 31, 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.