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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1961: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on December 2, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 December 1961400,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
400,043 km248,575 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1961 is on Wednesday, November 22, 1961 at 09:44 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 23:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 30, 196106:19
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 7, 196123:52

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1961 to the new moon of December 7, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.